On Wednesday, officers from Met Police's Counter Terrorism Command, with the help of the Territorial Support Group, carried out a raid in east London's Ilford neighborhood in connection to the attack.
Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the London Bridge rampage, while the attack has sparked fears that Britain is in the grip of a spate of copycat incidents.
Late on Saturday (local time) the three attackers drove south across London Bridge, mowing down pedestrians before stabbing bystanders in the nearby Borough Market area.
Rachid Redouane, 30, claimed to be Moroccan and Libyan, and used a different last name as well as a different birthdate, the police said.
Neighbors from Barking, in East London, identified Butt from the film's footage of "The Jihadis Next Door, " which aired on British television past year.
A British government official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the investigation confirmed the details of the Italian report, and said the man had not been considered a "person of interest", meaning they had no reason to think he was violent or planning an attack.
Police said they now had 10 people in custody after releasing two of the 12 people arrested on Sunday.
British media said he had also worked at the fast food chain KFC and was a keen football fan.
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She said: "It's been a pleasure to serve in government, and a pleasure to work with such an excellent prime minister". Timothy said he accepted responsibility for his role in the Tory manifesto, criticised by many MPs.
May hailed police actions in response to Saturday's attacks, which she said "saved countless lives", but said, "We have seen overall too much tolerance of extremism in this country", and repeated her call for a commission to take up "the necessary task of stamping out extremism". She said that while he would attend meetings, he rarely spoke up and was not at the helm of the group.
British police on Tuesday named the third of the jihadis who killed seven people in a knife and van attack in London, and an Italian newspaper said he had been flagged to Britain as a possible militant by Italian authorities.
The photos of the two Daesh terrorists, Khuram Shazad Butt and Rachid Redouane were shared on the Twitter account of the Metropolitan police.
Of the 48 people taken to the hospital following the violence that started on London Bridge and continued in Borough Market, officials said Monday that "36 are now being cared for in London hospitals with 18 remaining in a critical condition".
He posted on Twitter: "Honour to join our fantastic London Ambulance staff in a minute's silence to remember those killed and injured in Saturday's attack".
Security had become a battleground issue ahead of Thursday's general election following the Manchester bombing last month, in which 22 people were killed as they left an Ariana Grande concert.
Commander Mak Chishty of the Metropolitan Police read a statement denouncing the attack on behalf of the London Muslim community Monday. All three were shot dead by police. The 48 injured included people from Britain, France, Spain, Australia and New Zealand.
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